Faucet



" April s, 1930.

FAUCE'I' Filed March 9, 1927 INVEN TOR.

G. scHlMMEL v l 1,753,535

Patented pr. 8, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT olf-"FICE f LLOYD e. scHIMMEL, or' Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR To PERFEGTION FAUGET MFG. ooBreNArioN, A CORPORATION or NiivAnA FAUoE'r Y Application filed March 9,

This invention relates in general to water faucets such as are used and employed on wash basins and the like, and more particularly to a form' of faucet adapted to be selfolosing in character in order to prevent leakage, and free from a multiplicity of parts such as gaskets and the like which ordinarily become worn and useless and cause leaka-ge and improper operation of faucets. l

Another object is to provide a faucet including a body with a spout, a valve stationarily held therein, a cooperating valve member rotatably mounted with respect to the stationary member, and means externally of the body for rotating the one member with respect to the other for opening and closing the faucet.

Another object is to provide a simplified, eliioient form of faucet capable of being easily and readily disassembled for the purpose of cleaning, and of being replaced by persons unskilled in the mechanical arts.

Still other objects may appear as the description progresses.

In the accompanying drawing I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, subject to modiicaton within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit thereof.

In said drawings: I

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of my improved faucet attached to a wash basin, the same being partly shown in'section.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the cooperating valve members detached from the faucet, shown in section.

Briefly described, my invention comprises a faucet body B, a stationary valve'member V supported within the body, a movable valve member V coopera-ting with the member V, a handle I-I for operating the movableV member V, and nuts N and N by means of which the faucet is supported on a wash basin.

As shown clearly in the drawings, the fau-V cet body B is substantially of the usual form and includes a base ange b adapted to rest upon the top t of the basin W. A hollow stem B extends from the body B downwardly through the portion t of basin W and is threaded to receive nuts N and N bv means 1927. serial No. 173,989.

of which the faucet isl attached to the'basin and to a water inlet pipe P.

The upper yend of the body B is provided with a hexagonal portion c, which is internally .threaded at 0, and below said threaded f portion the body B is provided with a bore (Z vhavingan annular shoulder d at the bottom thereof, and a smaller bore e ,withV a shoulder e at the bottonr thereof; The bores' el and d are in communication with the passage P in the stem -B of the body; l 'The chamber formed. in the body B'by the bore d is of annular character and isin communication with the usual hollow downwardly turned spout S, extended therefrom and preferably integrally formed on the body.

A faucet valve mounted within. the .body B is composed of the two members Vand. V, together with an operating stem O which is loosely seated'in a central bore F extending entirely through thek member V. Member O has an enlargement O on the lower end thereof which seats in acounter-boreV f formed in the member V. i

Member V is provided with` a hexagonal enlargement G vat its upper end adapted to abut the hexagonal-portion C of the body B when they threadedcentral-portion g thereof is screwed into the internally:threadedA por-v tion C" of the body; Below the'threaded portion g the valve memberV is provided with an annular groove or recess, H within the chamber d of the body, andy below, said groove member V has an annulary rib or flange h which seats on' the annular shoulder d within the' body B. Y

Member Vis alsoprovided with a pair or more of. cord. recesses 1,.7', etc., forming passages. for connecting the annular recess" H of the stationary valve body V with the chamber e of the. body B. The lower end* of the member V below the portion h thereof is faced'. so as to closely lap andlit thel face' of l the-movable valve member. V.y which member hasarectangular central opening adapted to receiveY the rectangular end of the. operating member O,so ,that when said member O is turned the member V will-,bef turned with respectfto lthe member V. Said. member V is; provided. with. a. dise D.: having; arcuate p 21 Y l 1,753,535

openings 1", 1*', therein adapted for regisoperating member on said stem for movin tration with the passages 7, r, of the member the valve ports to andfrom registration wit V. The handle H has the usual hubportion the ports in said rib to regulate the passage l thereon which is attached to the squared of the fluid from the inlet to the outlet.

end 2 of member O by means of a retaining LLOYD G. SCHIMMEL. 70 l screw 3. Y

In operation, when the faucet is assembled in position for use, as shown in the drawing, the stationary valve member V will serve to 10 close the upper openl end of the body B, Y v 75 while the portion k thereof will seat on the f shoulder cl. The member V will float slightly in the chamber e and the pressure of the water from below will serve to retain K Y 1 5 the same in close contact with the lower end Y 80 ofthe member V, with the openingsr, 1", out of registration with the passages a", 1', so that the water can not pass from the pipe P into the annular chamber H and from Y 29 thence to the spout S. Y e Y v 35 When, however, the handle H is turned Y the operating member O and the valve V will be correspondingly turnedv for moving the recesses 7"', 71', into partial or complete registration with the passages fr, 7, for permitting t 90 water to flow through openings r', passages a",

chamber 71-and from said chamber outwardly through the spout S.

It will be noted in this connection that the Y 30 handle H is capable of being freely turned n v e 95 with practically no resistance, due to the ab- Y sence of springs Vand-pressure which must usuallybe overcome in the operation of a fauce The member B is preferably formed of 100 some non-corroding material such as bakelite, or other suitable composition which will not be subject to excessivewear and yet which will wear itself in and thus increase its eiciency the longer the sameis in use. The f "105 absence of gaskets and the` like and packing devices of any kind is to be noted in this connection with my improved faucet.

LThe entire structure may be die-cast and moulded in the form shown, thus eliminating .110

all unnecessary machine work and making it possible to provide faucets at a minimum cost and maximum efficiency. f

What I claim is:

A faucet Ycomprising an integral casing 115 having alongitudinal .bore therein open at one end and having an axial inlet and a lateral outlet, an integral valve body detachably held therein and having a head overlying the end of said casing and closing said bore and Y 120 a portion threaded into the open end of the boreyan annular rib formed on the valve body below said outlet providing an annular chamber inthe casing adjacent the outlet, Y

ports being formed-in said rib and longitue 125 dinalrecesses formed in the valve body communicating with said ports, a disk valve engaging the end of the valve body and having ports therein, a stem rotatable in ,the` valve I if body and connected 'with said valve, and an f f f `m0 

